I have some great news for you. Without your
permission, I took it upon myself to spend some of your hard earned
donations and hire the internationally respected polling firm of Zogby
International. (http://www.zogby.com/index.cfm)
...

Attached are the poll results from Zogby. ...
The question asked to 500 South Dakota voters was very simple. After a
brief explanation of what Amendment E was designed to do, the pollees were
asked:

"Will you vote for Amendment E or will you
vote against Amendment E?" ....

For Amendment E:
67.0%

Against Amendment E: 19.8%

Not Sure:
13.2%

....

Now, here is how I see things stacking up in
South Dakota for the duration of the campaign:

1. It is said that timing is everything. The
time is right for judicial accountability legislation such as
Amendment E. Judges, lawyers, politicians, bankers, and the insurance
industry have rightfully earned themselves public disdain. That disdain
is by far the most powerful force in favor of Amendment E, and we must
capitalize on it.

2. The opposition to Amendment E (namely those
mentioned above) have no choice but to resort to lying in order to scare the
voters. So far, according to the poll results, it's not working.

4. The opposition will begin very soon to spend
that war chest, saturating every mainstream media market available.

5. We have found that when talking to voters
who are initially against Amendment E, (because they heard the bogus scare
tactic lies from the opposition) all that is needed to bring them over to
our side is to explain to them that Amendment E only addresses judges and
only covers specific judicial misconduct. It has been that simple.

6. The most cost effective way for us to
counter the coming media barrage is direct mail. We need to get an
Amendment E flyer in the hands of every South Dakota voter. We have already
reached approximately 30,000 of the 350,000 registered voters. TV, radio,
and newspaper would be nice, but I don't think it will be necessary.

The Amendment E flyer, through its FAQ's
section, counters all of the opposition's arguments against the Amendment.
Think of the flyer as an inoculation against the opposition's soon to be
released media frenzy virus. If the voter has the flyer, he's protected.

7. We are prepared to quickly mass mail our
flyer to all South Dakota voters. We have the data base purchased from the
South Dakota Secretary of State's office. We have the flyer designed and
ready to print. (Actually 50,000 are being printed as we speak, in
addition to the already distributed 150,000) What
we don't have is
adequate funding.

Folks, we may win this without the mailer, but
it would be nice not to take that chance. Please donate as much as humanly
possible. Send to SDJA, P.O. Box 412, Tea, SD 57064, or donate online at
www.SDJA.net .

Thank you,

Bill Stegmeier

605-214-1248

605-940-0354

Here is the analysis as I see it:

67% divided by 19.8% equals 3.38 times
over the opposition in favor of Amendment E, a gain of .38% over the last
poll of three-to-one. It is now slightly over three and one third-to-one
odds.

Even should the opposition gain all of the
"Not sure" voters, (which is highly unlikely,) they would only have 33%, or
1/3 of the vote, leaving just over 2/3 of the voters in favor of Amendment
E.

We know the opposition is going to do
everything they can to keep from failing on this judicial accountability
issue. They just will not know what to do if we have honesty and justice in
our judicial system.

Now is not the time to lean back on our
laurels and try to glide into the Victory. We must work all the harder to
assure Victory for Amendment E, and strike a blow to political corruption in
our country and regain Freedom.

According to the Zogby poll conducted
yesterday of 504 South Dakota likely voters, 67% say they will vote for
Amendment E. Those who say they will vote against the measure are 19.8%
and 13.2% are “not sure.” The poll has a +/- 4.5% margin.

The question asked of poll respondents
was as follows:

Amendment E called the Judicial Accountability Amendment
will be on the ballot this November. The amendment would allow the
creation of a citizen's oversight committee or special grand jury, which
would hear complaints of alleged judicial misconduct against judges. If
a judge is found guilty three times of having engaged in judicial
misconduct, he or she would be removed from office and could never serve
in any judicial capacity in South Dakota again. Will you vote for
Amendment E or will you vote against Amendment E?

Democrats say they will support the
measure by 69.8%, Republicans by 62.2%, Independents by 72.5% and all
three Libertarians polled said they would support the amendment.

Democrats made up 32% of the total
surveyed, Republicans 46%, Independents 21% and about 0.6%
Libertarians. In the June 2006 primary, the breakdown of registered
voters for South Dakota was 47.68% Republican, 37.97% Democrat, .22%
Libertarian, .07% Constitution, and 14.06% "other."

The West River area leads East River
support with 74.2%, but East River comes in at a considerable 65.1%
support.

The 18-29 age group leads in support
at 71.3%, with the least support from the 65+ age bracket at 65.2%.

Males support the measure slightly
more than females (68.9% to 65.3%), with the greatest support among
income brackets at 73.8% for the $50-75K range.

The religious breakdown has Catholics
with the greatest support at 70.8%, Protestants at 63.2% and “other”
supporting the measure by 74.2%.

The Judicial Accountability Initiative
Law (JAIL), known as Amendment E on the November 7 ballot, has generated
a tremendous amount of controversy in the past year.

Stegmeier, the chief sponsor of the
amendment, says the measure is intended to create a “citizen oversight
committee” to hear and try complaints against judges for judicial
misconduct. Stegmeier says the normal process for addressing judicial
misconduct is insufficient because of the doctrine of judicial immunity
which prevents judges from being sued for their official actions.

During the 2006 legislative session,
practically every legislature in South Dakota came out against the
measure because many believe it will not only subject judges—the
principle target of the measure—to potential lawsuit, but also almost
every other public official, down to school board members. The South
Dakota legislature passed a resolution against the JAIL amendment with a
67-0 vote in the House and a 34-0 vote in the Senate.

The measure was also the subject of a
recent lawsuit which asked for the official ballot
explanation for Amendment E to be
changed; the lawsuit ended with only a one-word change being approved by
the court.